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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Happened at my workplace. An phishing email went out to test how likely people were to click the link.

Anyone who clicked the link had to take phishing training. Anyone who forwarded it to our internal "hey this is a phishing email" service also had to take training... because the internal service would automatically click the link.

[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sounds like the internal phishing service should be the one needing to do training

[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, I'm very confused by this. Why do the users notifying IT have to do the training?

I've worked a help desk before, while after dozens of people sending it in we don't really need it forwarded anymore, people don't know that until we get the I'd still rather people forward it than click it. Ignore and delete is best since I guarantee someone will forward it to IT, but forwarding (even forwarding and asking) is never bad and demonstrates good awareness.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm very confused by this. Why do the users notifying IT have to do the training?

The URL likely is unique per user. They forward it, IT clicks the link, it registers that that user clicked the link even though IT did it.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

IT clicks the link,

stop that part then

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

If only I had the power

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

They got me good with this one time. It looked like a newsletter from like Seattle times or something, I was like I didn’t sign up for this shit and immediately clicked the unsubscribe link, boom enrolled in training. Well played, guys.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean, just don't click anything in a phishing e-mail

[–] Bakkoda 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

knock yourself out

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Stop doing that in a phishing e-mail then /s

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Neither close it

[–] n3m37h 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] n3m37h 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could a swore I typed good idea. Was prolly high AF lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Cletus dun took over yer kee-clicky box n typed it fur ye.

[–] n3m37h 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Only cuzin Ellie tho, we got rules

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thought you were just speaking dutch

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Am Dutch, cannot confirm, I haven't got the foggiest what an ideer is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It's Apple's new smart deer technology

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I hate this guy from bottom of my core

[–] Gentoo1337 3 points 1 year ago

"I know I know, Leon is talking backwards, this isn't good"